Reeling-machine.



G. GUSTAVE.

RBELING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED we. 15, 1907.

966,827. Ptented Aug. 9, 1910.

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REELING MACHINE.

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G. GUSTAVE.

REELING MACHINE. APPLIOATION IQILBD AUG. 15, 1907.

966,827. Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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G. GUSTAVE.

REELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1907.

966,827, Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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REELING-MACHINE To azzwhmam 5mm: GUSTAVE, c1t 1- -ze'n'of the United States, residing at Chi- Ill1nois, 'have invented a certain new and which the following is a fu 1, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to awindin machine for of handling a large. number of individual -wires in such'a' manner that they may all be conveniently accessible, and may be 111- dividually controlled.

'In another appl'cation, Serial No. 398,327, filed'YOctoberjQlst, 1907, I have described a machine for applying and baking a .coat of insulating enamel-uponwire, the wire carrying apparatus being arranged around a central annular furnace. p

The winding machine of the present invention is particularly intended for use in association with a wire coatin machine of the type referred to in my sai other application, it beingintended that the indivldual wiresfrom the coating machine shall be led to spools upon the reelingor winding machine, upon which said wires will be wound; thereby drawing the wires from the spools upon the coating machine, through .the coating apparatus'of said machine, and-through I anism b which they are rotated.

the furnace thereof, the Wire when thus completely insulated being wound upon spools of the reeling machine; The wires in passing from one machine to the other are preferably led over guide pulleys at the topsof the respective, machines in order that-said wires may be out of the way' of the 'at-' ing the w1re evenly uponthe spools, the wires being passed tolthe spools over guide pulleys correspondingly arranged at the to of the machine; The machine is'also pre erablyiconstructed so that each of the. 1ndividual spools maybe stopped or otherwise contrdlled without affecting the other s ools. My invention will be described in etail,

wire upon spools, and its object is to provide a machine which will be capable .of engagement with the drivin gear;

-of Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is a Specification.ofletters l atent. I Pa'tefited Aug, 9, 1910, i Application filed. August 15, 1907. Serial No. 888,638. i I

., and further features thereof pointed out by reference tothe accompanying drawings, in whichthe drawing, however, the winding mechanism for only three wires are shown; Fig. 2

is a detail sectional elevation ofv the spool driving mechanism; Fig. 3 is a detail View of a portion of the mechanism illustrated 1n F1g 2, showing how a spool-carrying shaft may be tilted to throw 1ts pinion out 4 is a sectional plan view on ine 44 carrying shafts and the central drlving gear therefor; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the mechianism shown in'Fig. 2, the upper casing being removed, and showing the radially-an ranged slide rods which carry the wire, distributers for the various spools and the cam for operatin said slide rods; Fi ,6 is a detail sectiona view of one of t e winding spools, and the mounting therefor; Fig. 7 is a detail end view of the controlling apparatus for throwing a spool into or out of operative connection with the central driving gear; Fig. 8 is a detail sideview of one of, the guide pulleys at the top of the machine, and the swivel mounting therefor er n iitting said guide pulleys to beadjusted in any angular position, and also showing an electric contact arranged to be actuated by said guide pulleywhen a wire'is subjected to an undue'tension; Fig. 9 is a detail sec-f tional view of the guide apulley on line-9--9 etail plan view of git glide pulley and the mountmg'shown in r The same charactrsof reference indicate the same parts wherever they are shown.

Referring first to Fig. 1," the winding spools 33 are arranged radially around the periphery of a central drum'or casing 60 in which the driving gear for said spools'is located. The drum 6O is'supported at a convenient f distance abowe the core upon a pedestal base 61.; and supportin rods 62 extendin upwardly fromsaid rum 60carry a circu ar frame 63 at the top .of the machine upon'whicli the individual supports for the variousv guide pulleys are.. mounted. 'The wire 26 to be reeled upon the spools 33 is intended to be led horizontally from asa -1 Of the coating machine (not shown; over thg ownwar eral spool-driving sha s are arranged'ra guide {pulleys 32 and. thence through a reciprocating 'wire-distributer. 64 onto" the'spools 33, upon which it is reeled up. Eachof the. spools 33 is mounted u on the outer end of a shaft 65,'the inner en of i suitable manner, as by an electric motor 69,

ions of their corresponding drivings'hafts into or out of engagement with the central drivingg'ear. This may be accomplished by the mechanism shown iInFig. 2, in which operating "through suitable reducing gears. Therotation of the various spools 33 may be controlled individually, by throwing the pineach of the shafts 65 is mounted in a pivoted bearing? 0,f whereby the shaft may be tilted to bring its. pinionintomesh withthe cen-J tral crown gear-6?, or. when tilted in the oppositedir'ection will disengage the pinion and stop. the rotation of the spool. v

As shown in-Figs. 2, 5 and 7 ,;the bearing-' tubes '70for the shafts 65 are sustained by brackets mounted .u one central support-v mg frame-:60, pivot pins 72 extending from a said brackets into recesses in the sidesof the shaft bearings. A spring 73 is arrangedto act upon the pivoted beari of each shaft in such a manner that saiif shaft bearing tends to tilt in a direction to throw the pinion 66 of the shaft out of e age'mentwith the driving gear. A handle 4 is provided arranged to hold. the parts, in. this operative position under the coptrol of an electrjomag by which the pivoted bearing can be tilted to bring thepin on $36 of the shaft into engagement with the drivinggear, and a latch. 7 5 is net 76. T he magnet 76 is in an'electric circuit controlled by contacts which are g verned by the tension upon the wire bein' wound. Such contacts are shown in connection with the pivoted sup orting arni of the ide pulley 32 shown in ig. 8, and are also iagrammatically indicatedin-Fi 2. The circuit for the magnet 76 contro ed by the contacts 77 and 7 8 of thecorresponding guide, pulley '32 is also preferably controlled a pair of contacts 79 associated with the pivoted bearing of the spool shaftan'dan ranged to be opened when the bearing is tiltedto disengagfi the shaft pinion from its driving gear. the spool shaft carries a vertical rm 79 from the upper efldof which proje ts a-late pivoted bearing of eral extension 79 adapted to engage one of the contact springs 79,-to separate said sprin from its mate when said'bearing 7 0 is t' ted on its pivot. By this arrangement when the magnetifi iso'nce actuated to'trip the driv A pin- 82, carried by a rotar evenly wound u on the spools 33, I

rent through said ma gnet is prevented by the "opening of thecircult'at contacts 79. Um

. duewas'te of current is thus prevented.v

The manner of removably mounting the spools 33 upon their driving shafts is indicated most clearly inFi'gs. 2 and 6. The end of the shaft 65 is fitted with a hollowsplit mandrel 80 'over which the spool 33 is s ipped, and a spreader .81 is arranged to screw into. the end of said hollow mandrel to spread the end thereof within the bore of t e spool and hold said spool in place,

collar 83 upon the shaft 65- is also re erably provided, to e age a hole in e abutt' end of the SPOZ? 33, to take the rotary thrust. Means are also preferabl provided for checking the tendency of t e spools to unwind, or'rotatein a reverse d1rection,'under the pull of the wire, when disconnected from the driving gear.

engage a rotary part such-as the collar 83 carried by the shaft '65. The. effect ofthis 1 cam is to permit rotation of the shaftin one direction, but to wedge against said rotary part 83 upon any reverse rotation ofthe shaft to cheeksuch reverse rotation.

Such means may consist of an eccentrlc cam 8% arranged to In order to. insure that the wire shall be rovide,a-wire'-distr1 uter for each spool w 'ch may consistof a pair of pins constituting a wire guide, carried upon a reel rocatmg slide rod 85. The distributer sli e rods 85 for all of the spools may be arranged i'adially, parallel to the respective spool driving shafts and mayall beoperated by a central cam 86. This cam mechanism for actuating the wire distributer slide rods, is shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 5.: Each of the slide rods 85 has a lu or button 87 upon its inner end which is adapted to slide in'a groove in the cam 86 so that as said cam rotatesall the slide rods .afre reciprocated to vactuate 'the distributers orwireguides in such a manner to cause the wire to be laid evenlyupon .all of the spools.

As shown inFigs. 2 and 5, thecam ma be rotated from the driven shaft 168 throng the agency of suitable intermediate reducing .gears. As'shown, the shaft 68 carries 'a pin- 10n 88 which meshes with'an idler" gear 89 carrying apinion 90. The mion 90 meshes with a I 91 carried by t e same tubular shaft w ch carries the cam 86; whereby said cam 86 is driven from said shaft 68. I

The guide pulleys 32 at the top 'of the j,

machine are mounted so lthat the may rereceiving spool ceive the wire at any agilefafld. 'fect such;

n clear 33. As; shown iho yfin F1 s, the" guide pulle 32 ,is rotatabl mo'unted-u c ni the free an of ab Il -crank v ever 92,pivoted .13 0

'- the distinctive at 93 to a frame 94, which is swiveled upon a post 95 in such a manner that the arm 92 carrying pulley 82 may. be turned in any direction. The post 95 ma be mounted upon a frame 96 secured to t e main upper supporting frame 63, supported by the uprights 62. A tension sprin 97 is arranged to act between the swivele frame 94 and the bell crank lever 92 carried by said frame, in such a manner as to Oppose the rocking of said arm 92 under the pull .of the wire. The frame 94' also carries a contact anvil 78; and a contact point 77 carried by' but insulated from the pivoted arm 92 isadapted to engage said contact anvil 78 when the arm 92 is tilted against the tension of spring 97 by an undue tension upon the wire passing over the pulley 32. The contacts 77, 78 control the circuit of the stop magnet 76,. as before stated.

The machine above described, having the wire-carrying parts all arranged circularly around a central support, and driven by a central driving mechanism, is advantageous because it permits a very large number of individual wires to be handled by the one machine, in comparatively small space, and permits the carrying mechanism for each individual wire to be easily accessible and separately controlled without interfering with any of the other wires. The driving mechanism, and the means for reciprocating. the wire-distributers for the several spools, is greatly simplified by having the spoolcarrying shafts and the slide rods arranged radially with respect to a central driving gear. As shown in Fig. 4, twenty spools may be driven from the single crown gear. 67; and the corresponding twenty slidebars for the wire-distributors may all be operated from the single central cam. 86.

It will be understood that various modifi cations may be made in the details of the machine shown in the drawing, without de- Parting from mfyinvention, and certain of scribed herein and shown in the drawings may" be adopted in types of winding machines not in allrespects likethe one shown, and which may or may not embody all of the various details herein disclosed, and may ormay not have, as a'wh'ole,,the same operation; and I desire my claims to be understood accordingly. I

1. A winding machine of the class described, having a pluralit of spools 'arranged at intervalsaroun the circumfersl ce of a central supportin frame, guide pulleys at thetop of the mac ine over which. WIPES are passe to -the various spools, and

pivotally-adjustable frames a said guide pulleysiadapted -toswing in substantially. orrz'ontal p arise-whereby said wires may be eoeived at various angles atu-res of construction de- .the wire.

around which the wire is spool thereof, a. movable p guide pulley controlled by the pull of the wire, and an electric contact. operated by 2. A winding machine of the class described, having a central crown-gean'shafts radiating therefrom, a pinion carried by each shaft, adapted to meshwith said crown gear, a winding spool driven by each shaft, and a pivoted bearing for each shaft, permitting the same to be tilted to throw its pinion into or out of engagement with said crown gear, means tending to disengage said pinion from said crown gear, a catch for maintaining said pinion in engagement with said crown'gear and electromagnetic mechanism for controlling said catch.

3. A Winding machine of the classdescribed, comprising a driving gear, a spooldriving shaft .carrying a pinion adapted to mesh with said gear, a bearing for said shaft adapted to be tilted to move the pinion into or of engagement wit-h said driving "gear, said-bearing and associated parts being arranged normally to maintain said pinion out of engagement with said gear, a catch arranged to maintain said pinion in operative engagement with said driving gear, f;f-and electromagnetic mechanism for 001;" lling said catch. I

jZ A winding machine of 'the class d,e sci ibed, comprising a driving gear, a shaft having a pinion at one .end adapted to mesh with said gear, a winding spool mounted upon the other end of said shaft, an intermediate bearing for said shaft,- and a pivotal support for said bearing, permitting said shaft to tilt in a direction to move its pinion out of engagement with the-driving gear, means for holding said parts in positionto maintain said pinion in engagement with said driving gear, and a trigger-com trollingsaid means. v

'5. In a winding machine, the combination with a guide pulley, of a swivel-mounted frame, an arm pivoted. to said frame to-move i on an axis at an angle to the swivel-axis upon.which the frameturns, said pulley b'e-- ing mounted upon said pivoted arm, a tenand arranged to be actuated by the moVe-.

pivoted arm under the pull of a ment of said 6. In a winding machine of the class-d es scribed, the combination with acentral driv-- ng gear and a plurality of sp oldriving shafts arranged around said gear and driven S1OILI1BVTC8 acting'upon said arm to sustain thereby and pivoted bearings for said shafts, f

et controlling said means, a

,of means for maintaining, said shafts .in opsaid movable p ulley frame, controlling a circuit for said 'electromagnet.

and means for operating said second contactin disconnecting the driving gear to malntai'n said circuit open, independent of said i first mentioned contac drum an ing-spools 8. In a winding machine, the combination with a base, of a central casing-drum, windmounted at intervals around the circumference of said drum, a driving g ar within said .druin for rotatingtheseve a1 spools, Wiredistributers individual to said spools arranged above said driving ear, mechanism wlthin-said central casing rum foroperatin'g said distributers, an upright supportin -frame extending above said guide pulleys over which the wires are .passed to the various spools, said guide I pulleys being mounted at means for operatlvely disconnect- ,the combination with a frame su its associated mechanism, and

the upper part'of said supportm .framc.

9. Ina win in scribed, the ,comfiination with a rotating windin spool and a shaft therefor, of a collar or said shaft, a bearing in which said shaft 1s 'ournaled and an eccentric cam supsaid cam being arranged to ported t ereby, wedge against said collar in a reverse direction of the -sp0ol .to check said reverse direction'.

machine of the class'described, ort, of a vertical main drivin shaft journa ed there in, a central gear w eelanda plurality of radially dis osed spool shafts driven thereby,'acentra cam driven b said main shaft, and a pluralit of radial y disposed guide rodsoperated y said cam, said guide rods being 'arrangedabove saidspool shafts in a plane parallel to said spoolshafts.

In Witness .whereof, 'I, hereunto subscribe machine of the class dc:

my name; this 13th day of August A. D.,

I GE RGE, GU sTAvE.

VV itnesses': i i

' RALBH'G. JomNsEN, Roy T. ALLVOWAY. 

